Appointing new MALC board members

A general call for self-nominations
will be sent out widely through SCLS email lists and publications. Current
MALC board members are encouraged to forward the message to other lists, and
communicate with colleagues about their willingness to serve.

The
current board will spend a meeting reviewing the lists of all SCLS member libraries
of all types, and identifying a proposed board list for the coming year. Any
responses to the call for nominations, or recruitment by MALC members, will
be considered at this time. The new board will consist of 11 members.
There will be two representatives from each of the four types of libraries listed
below. In addition to those eight, three members will be selected as at
large members*.To
stagger the terms, one representative will be selected from each type of library
each year, and serve a two year term.

Public
Libraries

Academic
Libraries

School
Libraries

Special
Libraries

Current
board will then contact potential new members. MALC members need not be library
directors.

*Following
the initial selection of 8 members, and agreement to serve, 3 additional at-large
members, from any type of library, will be appointed by the existing MALC board,
to ensure a geographically diverse board. These may be one or two year terms,
as needed, in order to keep the terms staggered.

Terms
will be for September-August, with new board members beginning their duties at
the September meeting. However, new members are encouraged to attend the last
meeting in the spring as an introduction to the board.